Barack Obama, the US president, has admitted that Washington’s power to influence stalled negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians is limited. Speaking to reporters after hosting a nuclear security summit on Tuesday April 13, Obama said he had little hope for swift progress towards Middle East peace, more than a year after taking office and declaring [...]

Victor Kattan of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, says that morally, legally, and politically the Obama administration is on solid ground in its confrontation with the Israeli government over its refusal to stop constructing settlements in East Jerusalem…. US-Israel relations are reputedly at their [...]

To the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC): I am writing to encourage renewed support for Senate Bill 118A (“A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes”), including the override of ASUC President Will Smelko’s veto on March 24, 2010. The earlier passage of the bill by [...]

Dr. Hanan Chehata – Middle East Monitor EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – With Prof. Richard Falk the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the  Palestinian territories occupied (OPT),  since 1967. In 2001 Falk served on a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Inquiry Commission for the Palestinian territories with John Duggard. [...]

by Sonja Karkar Today, there is no excuse for not knowing the truth about Palestine, especially what is happening in Gaza. Even taking into account the disinformation spread in mainstream media, there are enough glimpses one gets of a ravaged Gaza and a brutalized people that should compel us to ask questions. There are enough [...]

Rafidan The Political Committee Baghdad The Republic of Iraq Statement in Response to President Obama’s Remarks made on the 27th or February 2009 regarding the proclaimed ending to the occupation of The Republic of Iraq. Official English Transcript Release No: 57 Good Evening, In Respect to the remarks of President Barak Hussain Obama, The president [...]

Patrick Martin Why Benjamin Netanyahu is not leading delegation to Washington The last thing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needed was another issue to drain international support from his country. Already Israel has been bleeding from his government’s settlements policy in occupied Palestinian territory, which has alienated U.S. President Barack Obama; from its apparent willingness [...]